Pelosi & Reid Just As 20th Century As Boehner & McConnell? Why Of Course They Are!

E.D. Kain nails it:

To me, Pelosi’s denial (and accusation against the CIA) lays bare a deeper truth about the Democrats.  Without Obama they’d be nearly as big a mess as the Republicans.  Most of them are complicit in the Bush torture program and the wars.  The party is almost headless without Obama – led by the fickle and hardly inspiring Reid/Pelosi duo.  After Obama, if conservatives learn anything over the next eight years – yes, I’m predicting it will be eight – unless the Democrats get some sort of order and discipline and more importantly, some grander vision, then I think the GOP should have no trouble at all coming in and cleaning up.

Tony Blair’s true heir will be David Cameron, not Gordon Brown.  Similarly, I can imagine a state-side conservative following somewhat in the mold of our current President – much as Cameron’s charisma mirrors that of Blair.  It is often the party out of power that learns the most, both from its own mistakes and from the mistakes of its opponents.  Of course, the GOP shows no signs of learning from or even admitting to any mistakes, nor do they exhibit any talent for adaptation.  They have adopted the ostrich approach to politics.

Once Obama is gone, the first party out of the 20th century pool, wins.